Climate averages 1991–2020
Sivas weather
in January.
A cold month with moderate precipitation: the coolest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a cold month in Sivas: daytime highs average 0.7°C and nights cool to about -7.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 46 mm of precipitation on roughly 8 days, which makes January a month with moderate precipitation (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 9 h 42 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tokat (74 km away). In January its highs average 5.2°C, 4.6°C warmer than Sivas, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 138 cities listed in Turkey, Sivas ranks 126th of 138 for the warmest January highs and joint 17th of 138 for the driest January (precipitation, lowest first). The mean January high of those 138 cities is 7.4°C; Sivas is 6.8°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 1.8°C, and monthly precipitation falls from 46 mm to 39 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly precipitation
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Sivas climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Precipitation mm/month | Wet days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 0.7°C-7.4°C | -7.4°C | 46 | 8.3 | 9.710 h |
| February | 1.8°C-6.9°C | -6.9°C | 39 | 8.5 | 10.711 h |
| March | 8.0°C-2.5°C | -2.5°C | 53 | 11.4 | 11.912 h |
| April | 14.4°C2.4°C | 2.4°C | 60 | 12.3 | 13.213 h |
| May | 19.0°C6.9°C | 6.9°C | 56 | 12.7 | 14.314 h |
| June | 23.1°C10.9°C | 10.9°C | 27 | 6.6 | 14.915 h |
| July | 26.9°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 6.3 | 1.8 | 14.715 h |
| August | 27.6°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 5.4 | 1.5 | 13.714 h |
| September | 23.8°C10.7°C | 10.7°C | 13 | 3.0 | 12.512 h |
| October | 17.9°C6.2°C | 6.2°C | 31 | 6.0 | 11.211 h |
| November | 10.1°C-0.3°C | -0.3°C | 42 | 6.4 | 10.010 h |
| December | 3.6°C-4.8°C | -4.8°C | 44 | 9.3 | 9.49 h |
Precipitation (rain or snow, as water) is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A wet day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Tokat in JanuaryTurkey · 74 kmHigh 5.2°C · Low -4.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Turhal in JanuaryTurkey · 107 kmHigh 6.1°C · Low -2.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Amasya in JanuaryTurkey · 142 kmHigh 6.8°C · Low -0.4°C · 48 mm rain
- Fatsa in JanuaryTurkey · 148 kmHigh 8.7°C · Low 2.6°C · 110 mm rain
- Ordu in JanuaryTurkey · 155 kmHigh 8.4°C · Low 2.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Ünye in JanuaryTurkey · 157 kmHigh 8.9°C · Low 3.4°C · 94 mm rain
- Elbistan in JanuaryTurkey · 172 kmHigh 1.1°C · Low -5.8°C · 58 mm precipitation
- Kayseri in JanuaryTurkey · 174 kmHigh 4.0°C · Low -4.6°C · 50 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Sivas) is explained once on the Sivas year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.